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> Every additional dollar I make busting my ass results in the government taking more than me Maybe don't think of it as "the government" getting your money, r
by naasking 5y ago
> Every additional dollar I make busting my ass results in the government taking more than me
Maybe don't think of it as "the government" getting your money, rather that you're investing into a fund of your nation's future. The key is making sure that investment is well utilized, and that requires us to all be properly invested.
- chernevik 5y agoMuch government spending is transfer payments and by definition consumption, not investment of any kind. UBI would be more (much more) of the same. Where the government does investment activity it does a shockingly poor job, education being the clearest example.